Afterwards, Brodeur said he's good to go and will be in goal on Saturday afternoon against Florida.

"It's feeling good," he said. "It's night and day. Almost all the swelling is down. That's what slowed me down. In practice, I didn't miss a beat."

Recently-recalled goalie Jeff Frazee practiced but Johan Hedberg was given the day off after playing against the Blues. As for Frazee, the club may be keeping him around to make sure Brodeur gets through the practice okay.

Brodeur, who is 17-12-2 this season, has won four straight games, including a pair of wins over the rival Rangers.

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Defenseman Kurtis Foster is also practicing. There is still no word on if he'll be suspended for his hit on the Blues' Chris Porter that resulted in a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct.

"Nothing at all,'' said Foster when asked if he had heard for the league.

"I know he went in kind of face-first. It's too bad when you see a guy get cut. You never want that."

While the hit on Porter looked bad, Foster said he had no bad intentions.

"I wasn't trying to hurt him," he said. "I was just trying to get position in our zone. I know he went in kind of face-first. It's too bad when you see a guy get cut. You never want that."

UPDATE 8:35 p.m.: Foster wasn’t fined or suspended for his hit on Porter.